Energy

1. A dog runs across horizontal ground towards a gate and then jumps over the
gate. The dog leaves the ground with a speed of 5.6 ms–1. As it passes over
the gate it has risen by a height of 1.2 metres.
Taking g = 9.8ms–2, use the principle of conservation of energy to calculate the
speed of the dog as it passes over the gate

2. A ball has mass 0.5 kg and is released from rest at a height of 6 metres above
ground level.
Assume that no resistance force acts on the ball as it falls.
a) Find the kinetic energy of the ball when it has fallen 3 metres.
b) Find the speed of the ball when it hits the ground.

3. The diagram shows the cross section of a slide in a children’s playground.

Tracey, of mass 30 kg, sits at rest on the slide at A. Her friend gives her a push
which causes her to start moving with speed 2ms–1. She then slides down the
slide, reaching B, which is h metres below the level of A, with speed 7ms–1

hm

Calculate Tracey’s gain in kinetic energy as she slides from A to B

4. A block of mass 4kg is attached to one end of a spring, whose natural length is
2m and whose modulus of elasticity is 128N. The other end of the spring is fixed
to a point O on a smooth table. The block is held 3m from O and released. Find
the speed of the block when the spring reaches its natural length, and
investigate the subsequent motion of the block.